Rich Radiant Love

Love #4

by Valerie Sherwood

Anna Smith was a beauty beyond price, though all she brought as dowry to Brett Danforth was a pair of silver candlesticks "stolen" from the Bermuda estate that should have hers by right. So they were wed - and Anna, looking up into the eyes of her "English patron" husband, thought she saw a gleam of love. Or was it the glitter of greed? Had she given Brett the gift of her love to receive in return only fool's gold?

Genres: Historical Romance, Romance

576 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1983

About the author

A pseudonym of Jeanne Hines.

Reviews

[Caroline · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bodice ripper light. It has zero hottness and is pretty predictable.

[William · Rating 4 out of 5]

After three previous entries, Sherwood wraps up the "Love" series with this novel, which picks up the story of Georgiana/Anna, daughter of Imogene Wells van Rappard van Ryker/Ryder. The story begins after Georgiana's hasty marriage to Brett Danforth, who brings her back to Wey Gat, the estate along the Hudson River where she was born. Eventually, Georgiana discovers her own and her mother's past and navigates an uncertain future. Sherwood populates the story with intrigue and rich supporting characters, including villains in the form of Brett's conniving former mistress, Erica and Arthur Kincaid, deviant Bostonian with a grudge; the anti-hero Nicholas van Rappard, and underdog/battered bride Mattie Waite. What is unsuccessfully brought off is the relationship between Georgiana and Brett, which effortlessly resolves by the end of the book but wouldn't seem to have been headed that way, based on everything that happened previously. In addition, the climax of the novel skirts a little too closely to that of "Wild Willful Love," the previous novel in the series. Nevertheless, the novel makes a fitting conclusion to an epic series (nearly 2400 pages in total!) and stands as a good example of Sherwood's talents in crafting vivid historical romances that combine spills, chills, sex, and buccaneering that ensure her legacy as one of the genres' leading names in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s.

[LUNA · Rating 2 out of 5]

El libro de romántica menos romántico que me he leído en la vida, eso si es una telenovela en toda regla.

La prota que es esclava en una casa de Bahamas descubre que es una heredera perdida y por el camino se encuentra a mil y un mosquitos dispuestos a lo que sea por quitárselo. Todo el mundo. Por eso os digo que mucho amor no hay. Aun así termina como un libro de romántica, con su chico en brazos, pero eso es algo que me esperaba.

Ella si me ha gustado, pero el resto de personajes no, son malajes y no entiendo como ella deja que ocurran ciertas cosas. De hecho al principio del libro ella se casa con el interés amoroso y él lo primero que hace es ponerla los cuernos, no hay forma de que algún señor de este libro me caiga bien.

Lo único que me instaba a seguir era saber si ella podía salir de ahí, y averiguar hasta donde pueden llegar los personajes.

Segundo libro de la autora que leo y segundo que es un chasco creo que esta dama no es para mí.

[Celestita Giron · Rating 5 out of 5]

Al fin!!! Al fin!! Pude terminarlo y de esta serie Amor, me encanta este libro. Me gusta más Georgiana que Imogene es más fuerte ante la perdida de su familia.